Mount al-Hass

View of Mount Ḥaṣṣ from Safīrah.

Mount Ḥaṣṣ or Mount Aḥaṣṣ (Arabic: جبل الحص or جبل الأحص‎; North Syrian vernacular: ǧabal əl-Ḥəṣṣ) is a 500-metre-high plateau (maximum height 638 m) on the northern fringe of the Syrian Desert. It is located in the Safīrah District of Aleppo Governorate in Syria.

Location and description

The plateau extends for 60 km with a width of about 30 km on the western side of Lake Jabboul from Safīrah in the north to Sabkhat Kharāyij and Sabkhat Ḥammām in the south. To the east lie the Qinnasrīn plain (southern Aleppo plain) and the Maṭkh lowland. A lesser elevation called Mount Shabīth (Arabic: جبل شبيث‎) (highest point 360 m) is found in the southeast, beyond which lie Sabkhat Shabīth. The plain of Khunāṣir separates between Mount Ḥaṣṣ and Mount Shabīth.^[1]

The area has more than 150 villages inhabited by Bedouins or people of Bedouinic ancestry. It is one of the poorest in Syria. A development project has been going on to improve living standards.^[2]

An ancient fortress from the classical period has been recently uncovered on Mount Ḥaṣṣ.^[3]

References

Aleppo Governorate Capital: Aleppo   Mount Simeon District Aleppo Abtin Anadan Babis Banis Barnah Barqum Bawabiyah Darat Izza Fah al-Farafirah Haddadin al-Hader Hayyan Humayrah Hur Huraytan al-Hutah Huweir al-Iss al-Iss Injarah Jazraya Jubb Kas Kafr Hamrah Kafr Saghir Kfar Da’el Khan al-Asal Khan Tuman Maarat al-Antiq al-Mintar al-Muslimiyah al-Muslimiyah al-Shamaliyah Qaras Qibtan al-Jabal al-Sakhriyah Shaykh Najjar Sheikh Maqsood Taqad Tell al-Daman Tell Hidyah Tell Shughayb Tell Shuayr Samaan al-Wadihi Yaqid al-Adas Zammar Zitan al-Zirbah   Azaz District Azaz Akhtarin Bayanoun Dabiq Deir Jamal Fafin Herbel Ihras Ihtaimlat Jarez Kafra Kafr Kalbin Kafr Naya Kaljibrin Ma'arat Umm Hawsh Manaq Mare' Mayer Nubl Ratyan Sawran Shaykh Issa Talalin Tell Jabin Tell Qarah Tell Rifaat al-Zahraa al-Yamamah Ziadiyah   Afrin District Afrin Ain Dara Aqiba Awlad al-Arab Barad Baselhaya Basouta Beit Adin Bulbul Burj Abdullah Burj Haider Darmashkanli Deir Ballut Fafertin Jalbul Jalmah Jindires Inab Kafr Safra Kimar Karzahayel Maabatli Maryamin Maydan Ikbis Qatma Rajo Sharran Shaykh al-Hadid   Atarib District Atarib al-Abzamo Batibo al-Jinah Ibbin Samaan Kafr Halab Kafr Karmin Kafr Naha Kafr Nasih al-Atarib Kafr Nuran Maarat Atarib Awayjil al-Sahharah al-Shaykh Ali Urum al-Kubra Urum al-Sughra   Ayn al-Arab District Avdiko Ayn al-Arab al-Farazdaq al-Haqel Jaadat al-Samaawat al-Jalbiyah Jubb Faraj Kabir Qibbah Qinayah Ramilah Ras al-Ayn Qibli Sarrin Shayukh Fawqani Shayukh Tahtani Tell Abyad Tahtani   Al-Bab District al-Bab Arima Bizaah Maran Qabbasin al-Rayi Tedef Tell Rahal   Dayr Hafir District Dayr Hafir Humaymah Kabirah al-Jabbul Kuwayris Sharqi Mazburah al-Raa'i Rasm al-Abed Rasm Harmil al-Imam Shaykh Ahmad Tell Ayoub   Jarabulus District Jarabulus al-Ghandurah Jarabulus Tahtani al-Jamel al-Suwaydah   Manbij District Manbij Abu Kahf Abu Qilqil Arab Hassan Kabir Awsajli Kabir Dakhirah Haymar Labidah Hayyah Kabirah Jubb Hamza Al-Khafsah Khan al-Humr al-Maamurah al-Mahsanah Khafsah Maskanah Mallah Mujammaa Huttin al-Nasiriyah Fawqani Qashlat Yusef Basha Ras al-Ayn al-Bumane' Saan al-Ghazal al-Tadamon Talhuthan Tell Aswad al-Zahirah   Al-Safira District al-Safira Abu Jurayn al-Safirah Aqrabah Banan al-Hajib Hawwaz Khanasir Qulayaa al-Samiriyah Tat Tell Aran Tell Hasil Zira'ah